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Old 04-20-2016, 01:51 PM   #185
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See that is just it. It seems to be common that everybody says you need to be top end revs all the time. I just don't find that and for city/highway driving it performs just fine through the whole range. I also feel that the whole "the torque dip ruins everything" sentiment is laughable when talking daily street driving. If I didn't know it was there I doubt I would ever have even noticed. One dude here complained that it took him two or three minutes to get out of the dip. I would pay money to see just how he was driving.
Same here. I'm the first guy off the light, and rarely get "outrun". Had the whole subject not come up on here, I would have never noticed it. Heck, during the First86 test drive in Long Beach not a single one of the drivers mentioned it as something they observed.

I pretty much adjust my driving style to the vehicle and its quirks. I drive our Suburban differently than I do MomHawk's Mustang, then my FR-S.
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